Types Of Scales
Scales may be described according to the intervals they contain:
for example: diatonic, chromatic, whole tone
or by the number of different pitch classes they contain:
Octatonic (8 tones per octave): used in jazz and modern classical music
Heptatonic (7 tones per octave): the most common modern Western scale
Hexatonic (6 tones per octave): common in Western folk music
Pentatonic (5 tones per octave): common in folk music, especially in oriental music; also known as the "black note" scale
Tetratonic (4 tones),
tritonic (3 tones),
ditonic (2 tones): generally limited to prehistoric ("primitive") music
Monotonic (1 tone): limited use in liturgy, or for effect in modern art music
"The number of the notes that make up a scale as well as the quality of the intervals between successive notes of the scale help to give the music of a culture area its peculiar sound quality.
"The pitch distances or intervals among the notes of a scale tell us more about the sound of the music than does the mere number of tones."
Scales may be described according to the intervals they contain:
for example: diatonic, chromatic, whole tone
or by the number of different pitch classes they contain:
Octatonic (8 tones per octave): used in jazz and modern classical music
Heptatonic (7 tones per octave): the most common modern Western scale
Hexatonic (6 tones per octave): common in Western folk music
Pentatonic (5 tones per octave): common in folk music, especially in oriental music; also known as the "black note" scale
Tetratonic (4 tones),
tritonic (3 tones),
ditonic (2 tones): generally limited to prehistoric ("primitive") music
Monotonic (1 tone): limited use in liturgy, or for effect in modern art music
"The number of the notes that make up a scale as well as the quality of the intervals between successive notes of the scale help to give the music of a culture area its peculiar sound quality.
"The pitch distances or intervals among the notes of a scale tell us more about the sound of the music than does the mere number of tones."
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